Shepherds Purse: manuscript - Souvigny Bible
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This is a scene of the life of David, from the Souvigny Bible, a work of the second half of the 12th century. The manuscript is French, currently at Moulins (MS. I, F. 93). It shows David as a shepherd, wearing a shoulder bag that does not fig the Shepherds Purse style. I include it here both to explore the temporal limits of the Shepherds Purse style, and to show the range of other style of pouch associated with shepherds. Note that this manuscript dates to a point considerably earlier than the earliest examples I've found of the "true" Shepherds Purse.
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Porcher, Jean. 1960. Medieval French Miniatures. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York. fig. 42